Police and ambulance crews rushed to an incident involving a the safety of a man in Carbis Bay this morning (January 5).

Emergency response vehicles were called to the village near to St Ives shortly before 9am.

Details of the incident are sparse at this time and a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police were called at around 8.55am following reports of concern for the welfare of a man near Carbis Bay.”

A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service confirmed that crews had been called to the incident near the village. He said: “A call was received at 8.50am in relation to one patient. We attended with one ambulance and two rapid response vehicles.”